LOOKING UNDER THE BONNET

Network: Check you have the right type of equipment to fit your business requirements in the first place and whether your network is configured correctly to produce the best performance and has the resilience to cope with business demands.

Security: Its essential that your company has security policies in place to meet governance and compliance requirements, as well as having a business continuity and disaster recovery plan.

Personnel: Are people doing what you actually pay them to do? In small IT departments people often have to multi-task. Someone may be hired as a developer, but end up doing a little bit of everything and becoming a generalist.

Purchasing: Make sure your IT purchasing follows purchasing rules for the rest of the company. So if its policy to get three quotes for work, then make sure IT does the same.

Reporting and Management: Who does IT report to and do business and IT really understand one another?

About s2s

s2s is a security specialist in the provision of network consulting and implementation services to the UK SME and mid-market business community.

By following a structured lifecycle services methodology in supporting its customers, s2s is able to ensure that consistent levels of service are delivered throughout the deployment of any new technology.

Based in Crawley, West Sussex, s2s is a Cisco Silver Partner with specialisations in security, unified communications, wireless LAN and a proven ability in designing, implementing, operating, supporting and maintaining large-scale networks.

s2s has built a substantial business through a close association with the industrys market leader by far- Cisco Systems.

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